Projects, clients and testimonials

I have over 25 years experience working in programme implementation, research and evaluation in the UK, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia.

My recent projects and clients in the UK include:

A qualitative study of food poverty in Oxford for Good Food Oxford. The evidence is being used to shape policy and programmes by Oxford City and County Councils, the NHS Commissioning Group, and Barton Healthy New Town

Evaluation for Cordwainers Grow of two projects funded by Hackney Council to increase food advertising literacy among young people in Hackney. The report has received a lot of interest from universities and councils interested in developing similar approaches

Supporting Kent’s domestic violence charity Rising Sun to develop a theory of change, a monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) system and evaluation plans for a Big Lottery funded project

Working with the Oxford Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Centre (OSARCC) to set up an organisation-wide MEL system and design an annual evaluation. Our work is enabling OSARCC to streamline systems and drop unnecessary data collection

Developing a theory of change and setting up a MEL system for the Abbey Physic Garden in Faversham

A workshop on theory of change and impact evaluation at Project Dirt’s 2017 Offline Festival.

This was the venue for Project Dirt’s 2017 Offline Festival where I gave a workshop on evaluation with my colleague Steve Matthews.

My international clients include: the Department for International Development (DFID), the World Health Organisation (WHO), UN Women, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Oxfam, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the Kellogg Foundation, and various national governments. Recent projects include:

Setting up a MEL system for Plan Sierra, a large rural development NGO in the Dominican Republic

Assessment of the impact, legacy and policy lessons of Kellogg Foundation programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean 1986-2010

Value for Money assessments of three DFID-funded projects in Nigeria

A literature review on intra-household resource allocation for UN Women’s 2017/18 Progress of the Women’s World report.

If you think I can be of help in your work please do get in touch for an informal chat.

Here are some testimonials to the high quality of my work:

“We were very lucky to find Frances. I was impressed at how much time Frances spent on finding out about the project, how we would do it, and what we wanted to achieve. She walked us through the process of evaluation and consulted us at every stage. She was precise and rigorous and she delivered her evaluation well within time! The evaluation has been held up by Hackney Council as a model of good practice and it has been an important enhancement to our own work and reputation”(Kate Poland, Co-Director, Cordwainers Grow).

“Cordwainers Grow have submitted a very thorough and interesting independent evaluation that captures the depth of learning and summarises potential impacts. Their project has so far gained interest from Public Health England and the Greater London Authority….”(Thomas Dunn, Hackney Council).

“I’ve been working with Frances since 2011, first as a colleague and then as an external consultant. Frances is a great team player, provides excellent analysis, and delivers reliably on time”(Sabine Garbarino, Senior Manager, Adam Smith International).

“I have known Frances since 2011……I have found her to be a hardworking expert, results oriented, and with great attention to details. Frances is a technically sound qualitative researcher and trainer, who makes working with her fun with her good sense of humour and big laugh” (Dr. Vincent Ahonsi, National Team Leader, Operations Research and Impact Evaluation (ORIE) project, Nigeria).